Career Transitions

There’s a lot of disruption in the insurance industry lately, and lots of people having to find new positions. For the most part, it’s not that companies are downsizing, if anything most are reporting they will be hiring people this year. It’s more that they are closing down some offices and opening others, or that … Read more

I live two blocks away from State Farm’s shining new Atlanta Hub. Sometime next year it’ll be only one block away, since they’re building another building even closer to my apartment. I literally have a view of the giant building from my living room. Computer rendering of State Farm’s new building in Atlanta. You can tell … Read more

As the competition for talent in our industry heats up, third party recruiters will take a more important role in staffing across the industry. If you haven’t been contacted by one yet, you will (especially if you’re following our advice and making yourself more valuable), and we want you to make sure you’re prepared to … Read more

Shortly after getting back from the 2015 CPCU Society Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, my boss flew up to meet with me for lunch and informed me that due to recent management changes the decision had been made that Northern California is no longer a focus for the company and thus my position had been eliminated, … Read more

This post was written in November of 2015. The situation has long since resolved itself. I ended up working for 2 years as a Middle Market Underwriter at Liberty Mutual and now I’m a National Territory Manager and Client Adviser at The Jacobson Group. If you’ve been following my travel blog, or Renee’s blog, a … Read more